Population growth

... POPULATION GROWTH ONE CHILD POLICY! In 1979 China was facing one of the biggest problems with popluation control, the birth rates were increasing.China was was an LEDC for many reasons, there were large numbers of families, the chinese people were not educated on how to control birth rates, they had no access to contraception therefore the the population was rapidly increasing. With a high density of popluation there was not enough jobs for people, countless chinese people were living in poverty and not enough medical services were provided. The chinese government introduced a new law called 'The one child policy' this allowed couples to have only one child. CONSEQUENCES After the 'one child policy' was introduced, the Chinese population was slowly decreasing- the birth rates gradually dropped down. The one child policy was economic because it reduced unemployment; better health services were provided for pregnant women. However this had caused social and economic problems among

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